neck oor Afrikaans

neck

/ˈnɛk/ werkwoord, naamwoord

The part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Afrikaans

nek

naamwoord

the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals

She wore a small medal around her neck with her name on the back.
Sy het'n klein hangertjie met haar naam om haar nek gehad

hals

the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals

“Esau went running to meet him, and he began to embrace him and fall upon his neck and kiss him, and they burst into tears.”
“Esau het hom tegemoetgehardloop, en hy het hom begin omhels en hom om die hals geval en hom gesoen, en hulle het in trane uitgebars.”

landengte

Neck

Neck (Chinese constellation)

Soortgelyke frases

White-necked Raven
Withalskraai

spotted-necked otter
Kleinotter

Red-necked Nightjar
Rooineknaguil

Red-necked Phalarope
Rooihalsfraiingpoot

Fiery-necked Nightjar
Afrikaanse naguil

Red-necked Spurfowl
Rooikeelfisant

Black-necked Swan
Swartnekswaan

Ring-necked Dove
Tortelduif

Burnt-neck Eremomela
Bruinkeelbossanger

voorbeelde

Louis football team, related: “The coaches told us that [the Cleveland Browns’] quarterback had a bad neck.
Louis-voetbalspan het vertel: “Die afrigters het vir ons gesê dat [Cleveland Browns] se agterspeler ’n swak nek gehad het.

Each wore a rosary, a cross, and a Catholic medallion around his neck.
Elkeen het ’n rosekrans, ’n kruis en ’n Katolieke medaljon om sy nek gedra.

The scent when I carried her into the suite, her warm body, her face in my neck.
Die aroma toe ek haar by die suite ingedra het, haar lyf warm, haar gesig teen my nek.

It can be transmitted to humans by dogs and cats but more usually by the vinchuca, an insect known also as the assassin, or kissing bug, because during the night it drops onto its victim to feed on the soft flesh of the face, usually around the neck or eyes.
Honde en katte kan dit aan mense oordra, maar dit word meestal oorgedra deur die roofwants, wat ook as die moordinsek bekend staan, omdat hy gedurende die nag op sy slagoffer val en bloed uit die sagte dele van die gesig, gewoonlik in die nek of om die oë, suig.

Today, numerous former ‘fearful slaves’ have removed the amulets from their necks and the protective strings from their children.
Vandag het talle eertydse ‘vreesbevange slawe’ die amulette om hulle nekke en die beskermingstoutjies van hulle kinders afgehaal.

4 Vividly portraying Jehovah’s feelings in the matter, Jesus continued: “While [the younger son] was yet a long way off, his father caught sight of him and was moved with pity, and he ran and fell upon his neck and tenderly kissed him.
4 Jehovah se gevoelens in die saak kom baie duidelik na vore in Jesus se daaropvolgende woorde: „Toe hy [die jongste seun] nog ver was, het sy vader hom gesien en innig jammer vir hom gevoel en gehardloop en hom omhels en hartlik gesoen.

As time went on, most proved to be stiff-necked, rebellious—some were all but ungovernable!
Met verloop van tyd het die meeste van hulle getoon dat hulle hardnekkig en wederstrewig is—party was byna onregeerbaar!

Courage to ‘Risk Our Necks’
Moed om ‘ons lewe te waag’

The audience was already seated, people great and small, with cameras slung around necks and cool drink cans in hand.
Daar sit al mense, groot en klein, kameras om die nek, koeldrankblikkies in die hand.

Jehovah next commands Jeremiah to make bands and yokes, put them upon his neck, and then send them to the nations round about as symbols that they must serve the king of Babylon for three generations of rulers.
Jehovah beveel Jeremia vervolgens om bande en jukke te maak, dit op sy nek te sit en dit dan na die omliggende nasies te stuur as simbole dat hulle die koning van Babel drie geslagte van regeerders moet dien.

The neck and flanks of the giraffe are painted with a beautiful network of narrow white lines forming a latticework of leaflike patterns.
Die nek en sye van die kameelperd is versier met ’n pragtige netwerk van smal wit lyne wat ’n rooster van blaaragtige patrone vorm.

* In addition to the problems mentioned above, TMJ syndrome can also cause sore jaw muscles, facial pain, aching neck and shoulders, eye pain, sinus pain, dizziness, and even a loss of hearing.
* Behalwe die probleme wat hierbo genoem word, kan TMG-sindroom ook seer kaakspiere, pyn in die gesig, ’n seer nek en skouers, oogpyn, sinuspyn, duiseligheid en selfs gehoorverlies veroorsaak.

From the black throat feathers hangs a long, bright-red wattle, which dangles like a scarlet pendant when the crane stretches its neck horizontally.
Van die swart keelvere hang ’n lang, helderrooi lel, wat soos ’n skarlaken hangertjie swaai wanneer die kraanvoël sy nek horisontaal uitstrek.

After hearing why they had called, the woman took a key from around her neck and unlocked a large steel chest.
Nadat sy verneem het waarom hulle haar besoek het, het die vrou ’n sleutel geneem wat om haar nek gehang het en ’n groot staalkis oopgesluit.

She had stretched and stretched her neck to see if her husband was still sitting on their eggs!
Sy het haar nek gestrek en gestrek om te kyk of haar man op die eiers sit!

Indeed, the airborne jabiru, with its long wings, neck, and legs silhouetted against the huge red ball of the setting equatorial sun, is a cherished symbol of the wetlands of Australia’s north.
Ja, die vlieënde jabiroe, met sy lang vlerke, nek en bene wat ’n silhoeët vorm teen die groot bal van die ondergaande son, is ’n trotse simbool van die vleilande in die noorde van Australië.

First, a judge handed him a light sentence —two hours on the scaffold with “some of the forbidden books around his neck.”
Eers het ’n regter hom ’n ligte straf gegee—twee uur op die skavot met “van die verbode boeke om sy nek”.

New York literary figures Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and Robert Sherwood, all writers in the Algonquin Round Table, decided to stand up for transparency and showed up for work the next day with their salary written on signs hanging from their neck.
New York literêre figure Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley en Robert Sherwood, almal skrywers in die Algonquin Round Table, het vir deursigtigheid opgestaan en is die dag daarna werk toe met hulle salarisse op bordjies geskryf en om hulle nekke gehang.

They are escorted by a number of dogs, each with a little bell tied around its neck.
Hulle word vergesel deur ’n aantal honde, wat elkeen ’n klein klokkie het wat om sy nek vasgemaak is.

Sometimes a pair will contort their necks into elegant shapes and look each other in the eye.
Soms sal ’n kraanvoëlpaar elegante draaie met hulle nek maak en mekaar in die oë kyk.

As time went by, Niihau’s beguiling leis began to appear around the necks of Hawaii’s notable women, including dancers and even royalty.
Na verloop van tyd kon Nihau se pragtige leis om die nekke van vooraanstaande Hawaise vroue, insluitende dansers en selfs koninklikes, gesien word.

This weakens the neck muscles, forcing the bull to lower his head when charging, which is especially important for the final kill.
Dit verswak die nekspiere, en dwing die bul om sy kop te laat sak wanneer hy storm, wat veral belangrik is vir die doodsteek.

But who grabbed Sibille Zanner that evening in Marble Crescent and shot an arrow through her neck?
Maar wie hét daardie aand in Marblesingel vir Sibille Zanner vasgegryp en ’n pyl deur haar nek geskiet?

Thus, a Canadian study of “patients with head and neck cancer showed that those who received a blood transfusion during removal of [a] tumor experienced a significant decrease in immune status afterwards.”
Gevolglik het ’n Kanadese studie van “pasiënte met kop- en nekkanker getoon dat diegene wat gedurende die verwydering van [’n] gewas ’n bloedoortapping ontvang het agterna ’n betekenisvolle afname in immuunstand ondervind het” (The Medical Post, 10 Julie 1990).

They were living in Rome when Paul told Christians there: “Give my greetings to Prisca and Aquila my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who have risked their own necks for my soul, to whom not only I but also all the congregations of the nations render thanks.”
Hulle het in Rome gewoon toe Paulus vir die Christene daar gesê het: “Dra my groete oor aan Prisca en Aquila, my medewerkers in Christus Jesus, wat hulle nekke vir my siel gewaag het, aan wie nie net ek dank betuig nie, maar ook al die gemeentes van die nasies” (Romeine 16:3, 4).